786 Chap. 26. AnExpofLionupon the Book of JO B. Verf. i r . bebreahetb the Cedars of Lebanon, the voyce of the Lard dividetb the flames of fire, the voice ofthe Lord /haketb the prildernefs,tf,e Lord fhaketh theWildernefs ICader, &c.Thus the pillars of hea- ven, proper, and the pillars ofheaven, in a figure, tremble at or are a tonifhed at thefe loud rcproofes. Hence obferve. The greatef%firengtb ofthe creature trem6lethat the angry dif- penfatisns and appearances of god. As the lifting yip ofrhe light ofGods countenance,puts joy in:: to the heart more then corn&wine,the belt thingsof this world, fo the. da knefs ííFGod, countenance puss more trouble and for- row into our hearts,then gall and wormwood, the worft of the worldcan doe. amid defcribes at large in what a kindof hudle and hurry the world was in filth a day (Tf. i 8 13,i 4,15. )Then the earth (hook! and t enbled, thefoundations al/ô of the hill m, ved and were /haken becausebe was wroth. 7 he Lord alto thundered in the heavens; and the higbefigavehie voice, baffle : .,nos and coale.r of fire, befont out his arrows andfcattered.theen,and he lhat outl gbt- nings, and di[ccrnf,ed them, then the channels of waters were teen, and thefoundations of the, world were difcovered at try rebuke O Lord, at :be b!afl ifthebreath cfthy oufirils. What 'David there fpàke of thunder, and lightnìng,and haile- ftones, bath been vi- fibly effe&ed for the delìrri &ionofthe enemies of the people of God, and for the deliverance ofhis children. The hiftoryof70- fbuàb gives us a famous inftanceat the io. Chapter,and though it benor recorded chat D.vidobrained vi&oryesby fuel:: imme- diate helps from heaven, yet it is not improbable (confidering the tenour of this Pfalme)that he did.And wa have a notable in= fiance ofa vi&ory obtained by Thunder and lightning in the Hi- ftory of the Church, whence that Chriftian Legion ofSouldiers who had earneftly prayed that God would appear for their helt*, was called TheThunderingLegion. Bur whether we expund this, context in the Pfalm literally& ftriäly,as expreffing what God did for David in this kinde ; Or figuçatively, as expreffing only tbcs much,that God did wonderful) things in one kind or other, in helping David againft his enemies, or whether we under- hand it mylically, of what God dour to and for the foules end fpiritual dates ofmen,yet it holds forth in al the utter inability of
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